Glorious Times: Old-School DM Book in the Works

I found this on deathmetal.org; everybody here should be reading it for just such gems (and they should have an RSS feed to make it easier).

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The idea for this book came over through an off the cuff statement made in an email. Little did we know those few words would transform into a monster spanning 2 1/2 decades. All of the photos in this book come from the years 1984-1991 and none have been made available to the public at large - the majority of which have never been seen before. They stem from the combined private collections of both authors and the overwhelmingly generous contributions of several of the pioneering spirits whose recollections make the mortar with which this pictorial sentiment becomes the foundation. These two essential elements are what is used to build this photographic testament to our GLORIOUS TIMES. The book is brought to you by those who LIVED in the glory days, with heart felt recounts by those individuals whose efforts together CREATED what is known as extreme music today, and the photographic evidence to back it up.

The scene weíre showing in our book was all new and unharmed by the interactions with major labels.

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I don't think that the old scene was anywhere near as concerned about recording contracts or 'fame' - but it is what I have noticed the younger crowd are preoccupied with for the most part. Alot of them have a rude awakening in store because you can bust your asses for decades and never get any more recognition than you did as a demo band.

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Times are much much different now. A new band can start, record one song and thanks to things like myspace, facebook, youtube and various other sites on the web, they can have their music heard Ďround the world on the same day they create it. Back in the 1980ís if you wanted to hear some new underground band you had to trade tapes for it or send cash through the mail and then wait weeks to get it. If you really wanted to stay on top of the scene back then you had to make sure you had correspondence with people from all over the world.. I was corresponding with Alan in Australia, Lars of Carbonized from Sweden, people in Greece, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the UK, Canada, Brazil, Chile, France, Belgium... I was spending a small fortune on postage, just to keep up on things. Now, thatís simply not necessary, you can find just about anything you want on the internet with just a little bit of looking, and many times you can just download their music, sadly many times itís crapped down to (e)mp(ty)3, but itís all out there to check out. Iím old school so I would advise newbies to do things the same way that we did, seek out new bands then not only buy their demo tapes/cds, but also write to them, and to do the same thing with Ďzines (online or printed)..get in touch with the editors and establish friendships. Alan and I did that 20 years ago, and here we are now in contact again and regaining contacting with old friends and picking up those friendships all over.

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The bottom line is that all of these bands were bringing something really unique to the table, and the equation that still astounds me today is the sheer youth of the musicians, and how bloody good they were. Innovative and adventurous, really pushing the envelope and at the same time there was this DNA stamp all over their music that was impossible to confuse with anyone else. There was not so much a genre as there were bands for the most part, even though we still got trapped in labelling bands for reference which is like an ugly necessity sometimes, especially regarding the press, and by that I mean everything including the home made photocopied 'zines.

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I would gather that there was a definite amount of influence from either scene on the other - without a doubt, that's great if it's utilized well of course and could only help further evolutionary mutations spring forth.

Same with the death bands - but I think the presence of the cash machine sort of bungled the biological natural selection for the black metal bands and the death bands too for a while and there was alot of mutation dying off that would have survived if left alone by the influence of the dollar. I think the black metal phenomenon was accepted alot faster by the corporate multinationals than anything previously, although it was spat on by the same vampires until they realized how to profit from it.

Each new evolution sort of overshadowed the previous for a while as far as popularity, but then again the multinationals are part of why that's the case - not so much that the music was actually being accepted by fans I think. People might not have been devouring new music all the time in the 20+ years after the glorious times, but they dam sure had a staple diet of classics that I am certain got frequent play all the way through.

"Glorious Times: A Pictorial of the Death Metal Scene (1984-1991)" is a retrospective of the early death metal scene, written by the bands themselves, and edited by Alan Moses (Buttface Zine) and Brian Pattison (Chainsaw Abortions Zine). If you want to see what the early bands were thinking, doing and how they helped invent death metal, this original book gives you a window into the past and future of death metal.

"Glorious Times: A Pictorial of the Death Metal Scene (1984-1991)" is a retrospective of the early death metal scene, written by the bands themselves, and edited by Alan Moses (Buttface Zine) and Brian Pattison (Chainsaw Abortions Zine). If you want to see what the early bands were thinking, doing and how they helped invent death metal, this original book gives you a window into the past and future of death metal.

[url=http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-10472-Houston-Metal-Music-Examiner~y2010m8d6-Glorious-Times-The-Evolution-of-the-Death-Metal-Scene-19841991]Glorious Times: A Pictorial of the Death Metal Scene (1984-1991), interview with Alan Moses and Brian Pattison, and review of the book[/url]

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Containing the 3 tracks: 'Sacrificial Annihilation', 'The Traitor Must Pay' and 'Confirmed Kill', "Confirmed Kill" was performed live in studio.These versions have never been released. 'Confirmed Kill' was never recorded in studio again.CD layout will include rare photos of Malevolent Creation from 1987, plus liner notes by Jim Nickles.$5 US dollars (plus postage) for prepress orders. Once the disc is pressed (mid to late August) price will jump to $7 US dollars (plus postage)POSTAGE RATES FOR MALEVOLENT CREATION CD ORDERSUSA - $1.90CANADA - $2.27REST OF WORLD - $4.80THE THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT:GT is now a proud distributor of BUTCHERED RECORDS. Starting today we have 13 titles for sale, all $10 (plus postage). We'll be adding more titles in the coming weeks.Current titles:Abdicate - Forged In RuinDeception - Nails Sticking OffensiveFoul Stench - Eternal RotHuman Mastication - Grotesque Mastication Of Putrid InnardsHybrid Viscery - The History Of Torture, Execution And Sickness (Burning Dogma Recs)Imposer - Divine IntoleranceModus Delecti/Clitordis Invaginatus/Dismembermen Split CD9th Entity - Diabolical Enticement Of Blood And Lust9th Plague - Apocatastasis ReversedPlague Angel - Stagnation Of ChristSufferatory - PseudophilosophicYogth-Sothoth - Abominations Of The Nebulah MortiisYogth-Sothoth - The Dark Waters Are ShakenPOSTAGE RATES FOR BUTCHERED RECORDS ORDERSUSA - $1.90CANADA - $2.27REST OF WORLD - $4.80If you are ordering more than 1 cd or dvd or any combination thereof, ask us ahead of time and we can possibly cut you a little deal.THE FOURTH ANOUNCEMENT:We have some cheap goodies still available in a limited run. These were made on the basis of requests from people, who wanted some kind of cool GT knicknack to buy and also expressed interest in seeing our old zines.Glorious Times keychains $3.

Glorious Times has 4 new announcements to make you aware of.THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT:GT is now the proud distributor of CAISSON FILMS, they are a grass-roots film company that is making the movie "Deep Seeded" which will feature Kam Lee in his first movie role.We have for sale 3 individual dvd's and also 1 dvd which has all 3 films. These are showcase films introducing the company's work and what they have done so far.Individual films cost $5 US dollars (plus postage) and the dvd with all 3 films costs $10 US dollars (plus postage).The films are: "Heart Of The Damned", "Slip Of The Ton...gue" and "Spare The Rod".IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN OBTAINING THESE MOVIES - AND HELP SUPPORT THE WORK OF CAISSON FILMS & IN SO DOING, HELP KAM LEE'S FIRST FILM PROJECT - GET IN TOUCH!POSTAGE RATES FOR CAISSON FILMS ORDERSUSA - $1.56CANADA - $1.75REST OF WORLD - $3.12THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT:Glorious Times is now working in conjunction with Jim Nickles & Shredly Studios to make available PRE-PRESS orders of something very special for Malevolent Creation fans, and fans of the early days of extreme music.It's a demo recorded in 1987, remixed in 2010 by Jim Nickles (founding guitarist)...remixed in the very house where Malevolent Creation was formed.

Containing the 3 tracks: 'Sacrificial Annihilation', 'The Traitor Must Pay' and 'Confirmed Kill', "Confirmed Kill" was performed live in studio.These versions have never been released. 'Confirmed Kill' was never recorded in studio again.CD layout will include rare photos of Malevolent Creation from 1987, plus liner notes by Jim Nickles.$5 US dollars (plus postage) for prepress orders. Once the disc is pressed (mid to late August) price will jump to $7 US dollars (plus postage)POSTAGE RATES FOR MALEVOLENT CREATION CD ORDERSUSA - $1.90CANADA - $2.27REST OF WORLD - $4.80THE THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT:GT is now a proud distributor of BUTCHERED RECORDS. Starting today we have 13 titles for sale, all $10 (plus postage). We'll be adding more titles in the coming weeks.Current titles:Abdicate - Forged In RuinDeception - Nails Sticking OffensiveFoul Stench - Eternal RotHuman Mastication - Grotesque Mastication Of Putrid InnardsHybrid Viscery - The History Of Torture, Execution And Sickness (Burning Dogma Recs)Imposer - Divine IntoleranceModus Delecti/Clitordis Invaginatus/Dismembermen Split CD9th Entity - Diabolical Enticement Of Blood And Lust9th Plague - Apocatastasis ReversedPlague Angel - Stagnation Of ChristSufferatory - PseudophilosophicYogth-Sothoth - Abominations Of The Nebulah MortiisYogth-Sothoth - The Dark Waters Are ShakenPOSTAGE RATES FOR BUTCHERED RECORDS ORDERSUSA - $1.90CANADA - $2.27REST OF WORLD - $4.80If you are ordering more than 1 cd or dvd or any combination thereof, ask us ahead of time and we can possibly cut you a little deal.THE FOURTH ANNOUNCEMENT:We have some cheap goodies still available in a limited run. These were made on the basis of requests from people, who wanted some kind of cool GT knicknack to buy and also expressed interest in seeing our old zines.Glorious Times keychains $3.

After MUCH tenuous effort, we are extremely proud to announce that ourrevised and extended edition of 'Glorious Times' is currentlyfinished, and now in the hands of our new printer. It will takeapproximately 4 -6 weeks to print.

Bigger and better than before! 160 pages of massively rare and mostlyunseen photographs, tied together with sentiment and reflections fromthe very people who lived the era - the GLORIOUS TIMES.

Every band section is different, some in a small way, many in MAJOR WAYS!

You won't want to miss this!

*USA ONLY: PREORDER AVAILABLE NOW!

Price per copy is $30 plus $3 shipping and handling.Payment can be made by PayPal to [email protected]

Get in touch FIRST if making orders of more than 1 copy.

DISTROS: get in touch with us about how many you want, and we'll giveyou the pricing details.

*OUTSIDE OF USA : Copies will not be available until we get the booksback and can quote postage rates based on world region. For overseasorders, we don't know postage yet, but we do know that the more copiesyou buy the cheaper postage is per book, so if your friends areinterested you should all put your orders together to be shipped toone address, you'll save a bunch. ex. for the 1st printing to ship onebook overseas it cost $17.64 (book weighed 1.85 #), but to ship 8books the cost was @ $60 (just under $8 a book).

ISMMS would like to secure a copy to add to the Heavy Metal & Hardcore Punk Archives so scholars today and in the future have access to it. Please contact me if you know of a copy that is for sale or someone who might be willing to donate it to our non-profit scholarly society.